History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.173
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.173
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v5.c72.173
may I not go to the earthen house'. This is probably a reference to burial. Besides, after the charred bones were collected, they were placed in an urn or pot, which was buried in the ground and after a good deal of time a mound (śmaśāna) was built upon the bones as will be seen immediately from a passage in the Śat Br. and other sources In A. V. XVIII 2 25 it is said, 'may the tree not oppress them, nor the great goddess Earth'. This is probably a reference to a coffin and burial.
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- Atharvavedasaṃhitā — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit
- Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit